Pellagra in Sorghum Eaters: a Mymtoxicosis

Rao, K.S.J. (1983) Pellagra in Sorghum Eaters: a Mymtoxicosis. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 13 (1). pp. 59-62.

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Abstract

Traditionally, pellagra had been associated with corn consumption and niacin deficiency. The patients reported from Hyderabad. India, were however found to subsist on diets based predorninantly on sorghum vulgare, supplemented with rice (Gopalan and Srikantia, 1960). Sorphum is neither deficient in niacin, nor in its precursor amino acid, tryptophan

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Notional Instiute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Hyderabad-500 007, A.P., India
Subjects: Plant Protection > Pests
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2012 06:27
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2012 06:27
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3486

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